Legal Opinion
United States of America Ex Rel. William Robert Calhoun v. John Twomey, Warden, Illinois State Penitentiary
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided December 2, 1971No. 18883PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CASTLE, Senior Circuit Judge.
William Robert Calhoun, petitioner-appellant, an inmate of the Illinois State Penitentiary, prosecutes this appeal from a judgment order of the District Court denying and dismissing his petition for a writ of habeas corpus. Petitioner is confined pursuant to a sentence imposed following his conviction in the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, Illinois, on November 3, 1965, on his plea of guilty to the charge of robbery. His petition alleges, in substance, that petitioner was extradited to Iowa in February, 1967, for trial for an offense allegedly committed by him…
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